inspiration monday

last week,  i received a huge smile in the mail.....a box full of art treats from michaela over at sakura!  she had offered to send some of the koi coloring brush pens, but when i opened the box, it was filled with all kinds of other sakura goodies to play with, too!

and play is exactly what i did!  i got out a long sheet of art paper, but after i started doodling with all the pens, i realized it wasn't going to be nearly big enough to do everything i wanted to do!

so i decided that a smaller version of my pamphlet journal would the perfect playground,
and i could have lots of doodle fun on each page with a different supply....

and here's what i ended up with.....my very own sakura sampler!

the booklet begins with the mighty micron on the front inside flap.....

and then continues with a page for each type of sakura pen!

what i really like is there's lots of room to make notes
every time i discover something new with these goodies.....

because i think they're downright stu-pen-dous!!


i rarely ever have such a large chunk of time to work on a project like this,
so when life handed it to me, i took it.
i think we need to do that every once in a while,
because the floor and the laundry can always wait until another day! :))

thank you SO much, michaela and sakura,  for your sweet generosity,
and for giving me such a great excuse to sit down and play!!

{this sakura sampler was created using fabriano artistico 140 lb. HP paper, 
koi watercolor, and the supplies illustrated on each page.}